The Excursionist
The Excursionist is a 2013 Lithuanian historical drama film that dramatizes the story of an eleven-year old Lithuanian girl Marija who escapes from a Soviet deportation to Siberia. Directed by, with the screenplay of, it is the first Lithuanian non-documentary film about Soviet deportations. The plot is loosely based on a real-life story published in Komjaunimo tiesa in 1989. Film languages are Lithuanian and Russian. The name of the film refers to an episode when Marija pretends to be a Russian girl strayed from an excursion.
Awards
- 2014 Silver Crane
- *Wins: best screenplay, best actress, best cameraman
- * Nominations: best film, best director, best supporting actor, best supporting actress
- 2014 Nika Awards, Best Film of the CIS and Baltics; tied with Haytarma
- 2014: Special award at the 44th international children's and youth film festival "Giffoni", Italy